One of the reasons I was so excited for the release of Sonic 2 on Xbox Live Arcade was the fact that 2 player co-op was touted as a feature. Yes, even though nobody would want to play as Tails because he's a vile little gimp mutant, it was still a rather cool idea and would bring me back memories of my brother and I playing Sega together, long before he turned into a quasi-pedophillic psychopath. My yearning to return to a simpler time has, however, been dashed when it was revealed that Sonic 2 had been wrongly promoted on Xbox.com. There was no co-op, despite what customers were told, and those customers aren't too thrilled with Microsoft right now.
The 'Soft has been accused of false advertising by gamers who expected this non-existent feature to be present. While this was more than likely just a silly mistake, clearly there are more than a few people out there who now feel burned. They need to look on the bright side, though. At least they didn't buy Ecco the friggin' Dolphin like I did. What do you think? Do you think that Microsoft swindled its customers and need to make amends, or do you believe that the people who bought it needed to look into things more carefully? Or, like me, do you just wish everyone who developed Ecco the Dolphin died in a swamp? Let us know with your juicy comments.
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8:52 AM on 09.14.2007
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However, I was pisssed as fuck when I saw it was local co-op. Why do I pay for fucking gold when they give me all these fucking local co-op choices. It's like with boom boom rocket, made no sense.
Seriously, I believe a petition is in order. Or something!
I think everyone that created Ecco should become Gator Bait!
Personally, I had read enough leading up to this to know that it wouldn't have that. I never even look at those Xbox.com pages lol.
(# 28) on 09/10/2007 16:41
"Fuck the haters, I've been waiting for this one.
I know some people don't give a shit, but I like the extra dinkies that MS throws in like scoreboards, achievements and online play. If any copy of Sonic 2 justified a purchase in this day and age, I'd say it's this one.
Oh, and LOL@ the Virtual Console and it's untouched ROM service."
lol indeed
Fucking right people are pissed off. Alot of my friends sent me messages telling me how they got ripped off because of this local co-op crap that was falsely advertised.
By the way, Ecco the Dolphin sucks.
Do people get this uppity and blog spooge all over the internet when Starbucks gives them the wrong flavor latte? I guess that's what MySpace and LiveJournal are for.
"Jim, I remeber on the megadrive version the co-op was on 1player, i.e. the second pad controlled Miles... Do you not think thats what they meant, especially if they copied the megadrive lit?"
This is indeed how it was done, I have the Sonic Mega Collection. Is there just not an option to pick Sonic & Tails as your character? If so, that sucks a nut. The co-op isn't life-changing or anything, but it is a good time, especially during boss fights. And player 2 can jump in and jump out whenever they want.